ARLA/CLUSTER: A Senhora Presidente da Lituânia envia mensagem de saudação via satelite de radioamadores LituanicaSAT-1

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

President's greetings message sent from space

A greetings message from the President of the Republic of Lithuania
Dalia Grybauskaitė has been sent from the amateur radio satellite
LituanicaSAT-1

She is believed to be the first President of any nation to have a
greetings message sent from space since President Eisenhower in 1958

In 2013 the President of the Republic of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaitė
visited the Science Communication and Information Center (SCIC) at
Vilnius University. There she saw the amateur radio CubeSat
LituanicaSAT-1. Using a handheld radio and the call sign LY5N she
transmitted through the satellite's FM voice transponder.

Her words "Greetings to all Lithuanians around the world" were
recorded on a memory chip in the satellite and the message was
successfully transmitted from space on March 22, 2014 at 04:17:38 UT.

LituanicaSAT-1 was launched to the International Space Station (ISS)
on January 9, 2014 and was deployed with other amateur radio
satellites on February 28.

The tiny satellite is just 10x10x10 cm with a mass of 1.090 kg yet it
has a VGA camera and a 145/435 MHz FM voice transponder, designed and
built by Lithuanian radio amateurs.

The prototype of the FM repeater has been operating in the home of its
designer Žilvinas Batisa LY3H in Elektrėnai, Lithuania.
Further information at http://ly3h.epalete.com/?p=303

Watch her greeting messages being transmitted from space
http://www.youtube.com/embed/6ctvjxjJqlE?rel=0

Watch President Dalia Grybauskaitė and LituanicaSAT-1
http://www.youtube.com/embed/8XjBqej5vqo?rel=0


LituanicaSAT-1 CubeSat
http://amsat-uk.org/2014/02/27/lituanicasat-1-cubesat/